Fence



(No Model.)

N. RICE.

FENGE- 7 No. 448,545. Patented Mar. 17, 1891 NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NELSON RICE, OF NEIV MARKET, INDIANA.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Iatent No. 448,545, dated March 1'7, 1891.

Application filed February 5 1 890- ments in Fences, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in combined wire and wooden fences;

and it consists in the construction hereinafter.

described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figu re I is a side elevation of my improved fence. Fig. II is a cross-section to a larger scale on the line X X, Fig. I.

A represents terminal post-s inserted in theground, and B a riding retaining-wire stretched taut and attached by suitable means, such as staples 13, on the top of each of the aforesaid posts. Standing between these posts and extending from the surface of the ground to a point above the ridingwire are single uprights 0 adjacent to the posts and paired uprights O 0 between the single uprights. The single uprights are tied to the riding-wire by wire loops D. At the paired uprights are located lateral paired braces E E, extending from the surface of the ground, crossed beneath the riding-wire, and projecting upwardly to a point above the latter. The uprights O are tied to the lateral braces E by wire loops F. The uprights O are tied to the riding-wire by wire loops G, similar to the wire loops D. The riding-wire rests in the crotches of the lateral braces, and may be tied to the lateral braces E by wire loops G. The lateral braces are tied together by wire loops H. On the opposite sides to the single upright-s are longitudinal braces J, extending from the terminal posts slantingly to the surface of the ground. L

Serial No. 339,284. (No model.)

are rails built up between the paired uprights and supported between the single uprights and the longitudinal braces. The inn er ends of the lowest rails are tied to the paired uprights by wire loops M, and the longitudinal braces and the single uprights are secured together and tothe rails by wires K. By making a fence in sections in this manner and providing as the upper part the locking and retaining wire between each section and so constructing the fence as that the parts will be above the ground, except the bottoms of the terminal posts, I provide a much more economical structure than any heretofore devised, both as respects cost and maintenance.

I have found by practice that it is less liable to be thrown over than others now in use, and it also affords means for easily removing and replacing the same.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A fence consisting of the terminal posts inserted in the ground, a riding retaining taut wire secured by suitable means on the tops of the posts, the single and paired uprights standing between the terminal posts and extending from the ground above the retainingwire, the paired and crossed lateral braces extending from the ground above the retainingwire and forming crotches Within which the latter rests, the longitudinal braces, and the overlapping rails built up between the paired uprights and supported between the single uprights and the longitudinal braces, the uprights, braces, rails, and riding-wire being secured substantially as described.

NELSON RICE.

Witnesses:

E. S. WRAY, W. H. DAY. 

